Mental Health and Wellbeing

Our Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Team are Miss James, Miss Dixon and Miss Goodgame. 

Each member of our support team is a qualified Designated Mental Health Lead. The role of a Designated Mental Health Lead is to:

  • Oversee a whole-school approach to wellbeing
  • Provide staff with the knowledge and confidence to understand and recognise signs of poor mental health in pupils and know where to go with any concerns
  • Pversee the provision the school gives to pupils with mental health difficulties
  • Manage how staff are supported with their own mental health
  • Be proactive in developing links with specialist services, referring pupils if they need to.

Our vision is to support each child’s holistic wellbeing by:

  • Raising awareness of mental health and emotional wellbeing as an open and positive topic
  • Promoting positive physical and emotional development and the link between them.
  • Recognising and addressing concerns as they arise.
  • Supporting children and their families in implementing effective coping strategies.
  • Supporting our children in developing the 5 Ways to Wellbeing

The 5 Ways to Wellbeing are:

  1. Connect with other people.
  2. Be physically active
  3. Learn new skills.
  4. Give to others.
  5. Pay attention to the present moment (mindfulness)

We aim to achieve this through:

  • Education for staff, families and the children through assemblies, PSHCE lessons, workshops and effective links to Mental Health support groups and charities
  • Effective communication across the school community
  • Having an allocated Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Team
  • Introducing coping mechanisms through Mental Health events, assemblies and class activities, as well as 1-1/group support sessions

How to contact our Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Team:

Please contact the school office for further information or to make an appointment to discuss you child.

Useful resources

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) helps children and young people up to 18 who are finding it hard to cope with everyday life because of difficult feelings, behaviour or relationships. To make a referral to CAMHS, please visit their Single Point of Access (SPA)

Oxfordshire Mind are a local mental health charity. Their Children & Young People team are able to support children and young people, parents, and staff members working with young people. Please visit their website to find out about the range of support they offer. Their 'Youth in Mind' guide details a range of support across Oxfordshire and can be downloaded here.